IUCN status: Endangered
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: High/Very High
IUCN claim: āThe main threats tot his species are: Predation by feral cats (moderate to severe): feral Cats shown to be a significant predator of the closely-related Woylie in south-western Australiaā
No studies
No studies
There are no studies linking northern bettongs to cats.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
Doherty, T.S., Davis, R.A., van Etten, E.J., Algar, D., Collier, N., Dickman, C.R., Edwards, G., Masters, P., Palmer, R. and Robinson, S., 2015. A continentalāscale analysis of feral cat diet in Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 42(5), pp.964-975.
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023